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(1923-2009) Novelist, journalist. Santha Rama Rau lived in New York City. She was best known as a travel writer.

Full Name

Santha Rama Rau

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1923

BIRTH

Vasanthi Rama Rau was born in Madras, India, in 1923.

1945

LITWORK

Home To India


Nonfiction.

1950

LITWORK

East of Home


Collection of articles and stories.

1953

LITWORK

This Is India


Nonfiction.

1956

LITWORK

Remember The House
Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York.

Novel.

1957

LITWORK

View to the Southeast


Collection of articles and stories.

1959

LITWORK

My Russian Journey


Collection of articles and stories.

1961

LITWORK

Gifts of Passage


Autobiography.

1970

LITWORK

The Cooking of India, Foods of the World
New York: Time-Life Books.

Cookbook.

1971

OTHER

Rau began teaching at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, in 1971.

1971

LITWORK

The Adventuress
Joseph.
ISBN-10: 0718108566; ISBN-13: 978-0718108564
Novel.

1976

LITWORK

A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London.
ISBN-0297770985; ISBN-13: 9780297770985
Written by Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur, and Santha Rama Rau.

1977

LITWORK

An Inheritance: The Memoirs of Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
New York: Harper & Row.
60135085

2009

DEATH

Santha Rama Rau lived in Amenia, New York, and died there in 2009.

2009

RESIDENCE

Rau also had a home in Manhattan, New York.

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